The ratio of male to female workers in two companies A and B is 13 : 10 and 7 : 5, respectively. If both the companies have the same number of female workers, then what is the ratio of the total number of workers in A to those in B?
Explanation
Let the number of female workers in both companies be 10x. For Company A, the number of male workers is 1013×10x=13x, making the total 23x. For Company B, the number of male workers is 57×10x=14x, giving a total of 24x. The ratio of total workers in A to B is thus 23x:24x=23:24.